Multileaf Collimator-Based Linear Accelerator Radiosurgery: Five-Year Efficiency Analysis

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 190-193

  Lawson, Joshua D ^a   Fox, Tim ^b   Waller, Anthony F ^b   Davis, Lawrence ^b   Crocker, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

efficiency; Linac radiosurgery; workflow

Indexed keywords

EID: 60649100900     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2008.11.016     Document Type: Article

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